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delete folders from unlinked device
Just double checking: if I unlink my laptop from Dropbox and then delete the folders on my laptop, I know it doesn't delete them from my cloud account, but does it delete them from my desktop that it...
flh wrote:
Just double checking: if I unlink my laptop from Dropbox and then delete the folders on my laptop, I know it doesn't delete them from my cloud account, but does it delete them from my desktop that it was formerly linked to?
Once you unlink a device, there's no connection back to anything. You can safely delete the files from it.
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
flh wrote:
Just double checking: if I unlink my laptop from Dropbox and then delete the folders on my laptop, I know it doesn't delete them from my cloud account, but does it delete them from my desktop that it was formerly linked to?
Once you unlink a device, there's no connection back to anything. You can safely delete the files from it.
